Game 1 Mets 7 Pirates 3  Carlos Delgado knocked in 5 runs to pace the home team in a 7-3 win over Pittsburgh. Jonathon Niese started for the first time this year in place of Oliver Perez and looked good. Niese tossed a solid six , only giving up two earned. In fact, he shouldn’t have even given up those two. The Mets looked like they were playing with iron gloves early on as balls ricocheted off of Reyes, Wright, Beltran and Reyes again. Can’t anybody catch? Beltran and Church also lost a McLouth pop-up in the lights resulting in a run scoring double. The Mets pulled away late with 5 in the eighth to to earn Bobby Parnell his first big league win.

 

Game 2  Mets 10 Pirates 1  Jerry Manuel served a one game suspension but his managerial expertise wasn’t needed today. The Mets set a season high with 17 hits and cruised to a 10 -1 win. John Maine gave up only one run in six but it annoyed him. Know why? Because Pirate pitcher Pat Maholm took Maine deep. The look of disgust on Maine’s face afterward was plain to see. It’s alright John. Everybody gets lucky sometime. Jeez..even YOU have a HR. Speaking of HR’s Beltran became the first player to reach the second deck in LF. A BOMB.  Manuel was suspended one game by MLB for making contact with Bill Welke over the Victorino incident. It’s not like he chest-bumped him or anything. The bill of Manuel’s cap touched Welke’s nose. Sandy Alomar Sr. had control of the team and obviously, the only decision he had to make was where to eat after this laugher.

 

Game 3 Mets 8 Pirates 4 With Livian Hernandez on the hill the Mets fell behind early 2-0. Livian had loads of trouble early and couldn’t locate his pitches well. But he managed the game, never let an inning get away from him. The Mets took the lead in the bottom of the fourth on a run scoring single by Wright and a two run single by Omir Santos. Santos has played well and shouldn’t be sent down. When Brian Schneider comes back, the team will have a decision to make. The Mets blew it open with a single run in the seventh and four more in the eighth.  This is what the Mets are supposed to look like. Score early, pile on late and beat up the teams you’re supposed to. With Mets now at 17-13 and in first place let’s hope they stay there.